The re-conviction rate for offenders under the age of 21 in Scotland is currently 36.1%.

BBC: Saughton Prison

In Suffolk the conviction rate for domestic violence is 84%, 12% above the national average.

BBC: Norfolk and Suffolk domestic violence work praised

Naomi Wolf has also written that Sweden has the lowest conviction rate in Europe.

BBC: Sweden's rape rate under the spotlight

To date, she said, the program has resulted in 113 arrests with a 70% conviction rate, including the Weberman case.

WSJ: A Brush With Justice Turns Sect Inward

Some sources estimate a fed conviction rate of over 95%.

FORBES: "Operation Broken Trust" Moves Forward Even As Feds Lose Case in Florida

Mr Crompton does expect to see an increase in the conviction rate in the coming years, though, and says he will try to raise the profile of wildlife crime.

BBC: Wildlife crime 'not taken seriously'

In November Lord Advocate Frank Mullholland QC said 89% of cases reported under the Offensive Behaviour and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act had been prosecuted, with a conviction rate of 83%.

BBC: Anti-sectarian legislation 'working well'

The guilty plea is a conviction, and so the conviction rate remains high: the DOJ lawyers, in turn, look phenomenally successful and talented, and become that much more attractive to the private sector.

FORBES: The Revolving Door at the Department of Justice

The conviction rate is 1.8 per cent.

NEWYORKER: Silver or Lead

The Additional Solicitor General of India, Indira Jaisingh, says the current rape laws in the country are far from adequate and the "process of justice delivery is too slow and the rate of conviction too low".

BBC: Anti-rape protest in Delhi on 3 Jan 2012

Chasing a target of 163, which would have been much higher had England batted with any conviction in the second half of their innings, the Dutch stayed up with the required run-rate throughout.

BBC: Superb Netherlands shock England